travelrider73 wrote:
Terryallan wrote:
Honestly. You can SAFELY tow right up to the manufacturers posted capacity. They did the research, and math. No need for you to redo it, and lower the capacities the engineers developed.
Well, there's a skeptic in me that wonders how much influence the marketing department has over the engineering department at the Big 3. It seems like they have plenty of reason to push the limits so they can advertise that they have the biggest baddest beast on the road. If everyone pushes a few hundred pounds here and there, all of a sudden there's a tiny asterisk at the bottom of their towing claims... I know, they can't push it too much for fear of a huge lawsuit, but I suspect they push it a little.
In reality. They come down on the very conservative side. Those capacities are not any kind of law. They are the weights that the manufacturer has warranted the truck to carry / tow. In other words. stay in the factory recommendation. And they will pay to fix it, should it break. Go over, and the warranty is void.
So knowing that. They set the weights less than the real capability of the vehicle, to save them having to pay for burnt trannys and things.
